Why all the hate?

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:bulletpink: I never knew I would end up writing a journal on this topic, but I ended up having to because it's gone too far.

Haruno Sakura is my favourite female protagonist. I love her character, I love her personality, her development ... everything is so natural. She is perhaps the only realistic character in the series which may be one of the reasons why people hate her so much. She isn't perfect, which makes me respect her as a heroine even more. She reacts realistically to certain situations. Like someone once said, she's a real indicator of how a human would handle ninja life.

So I recently came across a few hate posts about her. I'm not gonna mention who, but this certain person states how all Sakura has done has brought pain to Naruto his entire life. And how Sai confirms it. He goes on to say how she's made some stupid decision, she's lame and should rethink her decision to become a shinobi. I know this person's not the only one out there, but to go so far as to say that she doesn't care about anyone, teammates included, is just plain ridiculous.

Sakura has progressed SO far beyond how she used to be back in part one. I was so surprised when I first saw her in Shippuden. From having long hair to short locks, all because she wanted to be able to protect her comrades marks one of the main points of her growth. Her confidence in her own abilities has increased, the proof being her fight with Sasori. The fact that some people consider her to surpass even Tsunade ... all these things are not baseless. You can't just have these facts in front of you and still deny them. You can't say she is useless unless you harbour hatred beyond comprehension.
Loads of people saw her confession to Naruto as the last straw. They either think she's stupid to make such a decision, or they call her a bitch for playing with Naruto's feelings. You're missing the point. That confession was genuine, and it's main purpose was so she could protect Naruto, thus taking away the burden of bringing Sasuke back. She realised she was wrong, which is what made her do it. I myself, can't wait to see the confession being brought to a closure.

Another thing which makes me angry is when someone criticises Sakura for liking Sasuke back in part one, for superficial qualities only. Okay. She was immature. She was doing what most girls her age do. Her admiration for Sasuke goes way past his features because she grew to love him too. They were part of the same team. Yes, her opinon of Naruto was quite low too but in time, it has changed to respect. Her feelings may even have grown to love, as noted in the official third databook. She's very protective of Naruto. Of her comrades. Which is why she wants to continue improving. You cannot say that's being selfish.


While the blame is piling on Sakura, anything that other characters like Hinata does is waved off casually. I'm using Hinata here because I'm aware of her popularity within the Naruto fandom. I DON'T hate her, but I'm not very fond of her either. Her confession may have triggered Naruto's six-tail mode but if you think about it, it wasn't really wise. Hinata herself has said that she is selfish. Granted, she tried to protect Naruto but made things a little worse. Now, if Sakura were in this situation, her haters would criticise her endlessly for being pathetic. But it's Hinata. 'At least she tried. It's alright. She wasn't as strong as Pein'.

So why all the hate for Sakura? There's something about her that doesn't appeal to the majority of the fandom and I will not understand this. :bulletpink:

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Well I don't mean to be rude but aren't you being a bit too contridictive to Sakura's merit as a character based on the fact that you ship NaruSaku and it's merit? I mean a true fan wouldnt need to tell people to stop bashing her or defend her actions when you yourself is putting Sakura on a pedestal with your pairing choice as a indicator of her good and consistant character development.

And as I see it from here, you like to express your love for Sakura by pairing her with the main protagonist like she's a obligated choice for Naruto's holyier than thouness, treating her like she's the choosen one to be with Naruto like a lovesick leech, surely she's better than that rather than the official token love interest who makes none of her development her own but to Naruto's cheerleader.

Alot of NS fans think that Sakura is better with Naruto than with Sasuke but all it does is regulate her own self merit as a growing character to one of which to make Naruto look good and be the hero that overshadows everyones own character development. And also NS fans put Sakura as what Anti NaruHina fans accuse NH fans to be, nothing but a Obligatory Sex Doll for Naruto's own pleasure and a weak and dependant woman that can't do anything but fangirl Naruto for everything.

I see this with alot of Sakura and NS fans, they never think about the characters own worth, just her worth with Naruto and selflishly and intimately even though her feelings in the manga are for someone else, they inssist that Naruto is the only thing that matters in her world.

Don't mean to rant on you or anything like that, but your kinda asking to much from people from a standpoint that clearly puts your pairing on a pedestal than her actual believeable non pairing wise character.

PS: I wonder what you think of Sakura with her development with Sasuke.